The Editor speaks: Alden is right about novice MLA’s who crossed sides
As I have said before in one of my Editorials the motives of the two novice MLA’s who crossed over the Legislative Assembly floor is motivated by politics not by the nonsense that flows from their mouths: Their conscious. They…
The Caribbean Immigrant contributions to the U.S. cannot be underestimated
By Felicia J. Persaud From News Americas Now News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. June 10, 2016: This June marks the 10th anniversary of National Caribbean-American Heritage Month in the United States. Ten years ago – in 2006 – the bill…
The View from Europe: A crowded space
By David Jessop From Caribbean News Now When it comes to regional and hemispheric institutions, the Caribbean and Latin America have become a crowded space. Over the last few years an extraordinary number of bodies have appeared; expanding their agendas…
Let the voices of the Haitian people be heard
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean360 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Friday June 10, 2016 – “International interests in Haiti, in addition to checking off an ‘elections done’ box, are largely defined by controlling emigration, maintaining stability, and managing poverty. The latter is…
The Editor speaks: Bridger blackmail?
After reading the extraordinary letter from Martin Bridger of Tempura infamy that was available in full on the CNS website (has been removed at the time of writing this), I have to agree with Premier, Alden McLaughlin, it could be…
Tourism Matters: How we partner with our sister islands is key
By Adrian Loveridge From Caribbean news Now Next week the first Caribbean Aviation Meet-Up event takes place in Dominica and the objective, if I fully understand the concept, is to attract a number of highly qualified ‘experts’ in their own…
The Editor speaks: Stamp duty – Baines & The AG – UPDATE
With the government’s recent initiative in relation to the collection of stamp duties on all leases a question has been raised on the recent tenancies by former Commissioner of Police David Baines in the Cayman Islands from 2009-2016. Cayman lawyer…
Haiti’s symptoms of broken healthcare systems
By Henry Beaucejour From Caribbean News Now Among all the countries in the Americas, Haiti is one of the very poorest. This country has approximately ten million inhabitants, of which 75% exist on less than two dollars per day. This…
Haiti: No moving out and moving on
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean360 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Monday June 6, 2016 – There is a certain illogic in the reaction of both the UN Secretary-General and the US State Department over the findings of a Haitian Verification Commission that…
Peter Binose: New gag laws in SVG
By Peter Binose Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, set to pass Law designed to gag the media on practiced filth. A law presented in Parliament on Tuesday 31 May 2016 proposes makes it illegal for persons to place certain images…